Hiroyuki Fukui, chief executive officer for Asia, Middle East & North Africa region at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), said the car maker will focus more on India and introduce vehicles to meet requirements of local consumers.

The company, which operates in India through a joint venture with the Kirloskar group, was among the worst hit by the Supreme Court ban on diesel cars and SUVs with engines of 2,000cc and above in Delhi-NCR that lasted for eight months since December last year.

The decision reiterates the view that pollution from diesel vehicles is a major cause of poor air quality. But studies have also revealed that vehicular pollution comprises only a small fraction of the problem.

The court first levied the decision, to ban the registration of big diesel vehicles in Delhi/NCR, in December 2015. It came as a big blow to the Indian automobile industry with some hailing the decision as "unscientific".

The company, which is present in India as a joint venture -- Toyota Kirloskar Motor -- with the Kirloskar Group, is waiting for the next step to be taken by the apex court over the ban on diesel vehicle and market response to petrol Innova Crysta before deciding on whether to launch a petrol variant of Fortuner SUV, which it can't sell currently in Delhi/ NCR.

The company is the latest among foreign auto majors to review India strategy citing rules, which they say are always in a flux. General Motors and Ford Motor, too, have talked about revisiting their investment plans or product strategies.

In July 2016, the National Green Tribunal ruled that all 10-year old diesel-powered cars must be withdrawn from roads. And in late 2015, the Supreme Court banned the sale of diesel-powered vehicles with engine capacities over 2000 cc in Delhi-National Capital Region.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its ruling on December 11 had barred vehicles older than 10 years from plying on roads in the capital and stalled registration of all diesel vehicles to curb air pollution.

Dheeraj Hinduja, chairman at India’s second largest truck maker Ashok Leyland, prefers a low profile, but with managing director Vinod Dasari leaving at the end of the month, he says he’s become more “hands-on”.